Prerequisites

None- Participants are 3 to 4 years old.

Learning Objectives

• How to enter and exit the water
• Submerging under water
• Bobbing
• Open eyes under water and retrieve submerged objects
• Front and back glides and floats
• Recover to vertical position
• Roll from front to back and back to front
• Alternating and simultaneous leg actions on front and back
• Alternating and simultaneous arm actions on front and back
• Combined arm and leg actions on front and back

Skills to be Mastered to Move to Level 2:

Student must be able to consistently demonstrate the following skills:

- Swim on front with face in the water, take a breath, continue swimming (independently about 5 yards)
- Roll over from front to back and float for 5-10 seconds (independently)
- Swim on back using arms and/or legs (independently about 5 yards)

Prerequisites

None - Participants start at age 5 

Learning Objectives

• How to enter and exit the water
• Submerging under water
• Bobbing
• Open eyes under water and retrieve submerged objects
• Front and back glides and floats
• Recover to vertical position
• Roll from front to back and back to front
• Alternating and simultaneous leg actions on front and back
• Alternating and simultaneous arm actions on front and back
• Combined arm and leg actions on front and back

Skills to be Mastered to Move to Level 2:

Student must be able to consistently demonstrate the following skills:

• Swim on front with face in the water, take a breath, continue swimming (independently about 5 yards)
• Roll over from front to back and float for 5-10 seconds (independently)
• Swim on back using arms and/or legs (independently about 5 yards)

Prerequisites

Students must be able to consistently demonstrate the following skills to start in Level 2:

• Swim on front with face in the water, take a breath, continue swimming skills:(independently about 5 yards)
  

• Roll over from front to back and float for 5-10 seconds (independently)

• Swim on back using arms and/or legs (independently about 5 yards)

Learning Objectives

• Build on basics learned in Preschool/Level 1
• Learn basic components of Front Crawl, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Elementary Backstroke
• Introduction to treading
• Introduction to deeper water (5-7ft location dependent)
• Begin to increase swimming distances

Skills to be Mastered in Order to Move to Level 3:

• Demonstrate basic competency of Front Crawl, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Elementary Backstroke
• Swim Front Crawl with rotary breathing and Backstroke about 15 yards
• Tread water 30-60 seconds

Prerequisites

Students must be able to consistently demonstrate the following skills to start in Level 3:

• Demonstrate basic competency of Front Crawl, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Elementary Backstroke
• Swim Front Crawl with rotary breathing and Backstroke about 15 yards
• Tread water 30-60 seconds

Learning Objectives

• Build on skills learned in Level 2
• Learn more advanced components (breathing, timing,etc.) of Front Crawl, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Elementary Backstroke
• Increase treading time
• Submerging in various ways in deeper water (5-7ft location dependent)
• Continue to increase swimming distances and add endurance
• Introduction to open turns

Skills to be Mastered in Order to Move to Level 4:

• Demonstrate competency (specifically proper breathing and timing) of Front Crawl, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Elementary Backstroke
• Swim Front Crawl and Backstroke 25 yards and Swim Breaststroke, Butterfly and Elementary Backstroke at least 15 yards
• Tread water at least 60 seconds

Prerequisites 

Students must be able to consistently demonstrate the following skills to start in Level 4:

• Demonstrate competency (specifically proper breathing and timing) of Front Crawl, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Elementary Backstroke
• Swim Front Crawl and Backstroke 25 yards and Swim Breaststroke, Butterfly and Elementary Backstroke at least 15 yards
• Tread water at least 60 seconds

Learning Objectives

• Build on skills learned in Level 3
• Continue to learn more advanced components of Front Crawl, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Elementary Backstroke
• Increase treading time
• Submerging in various ways in deeper water (5-7ft location dependent)
• Continue to increase swimming distances and add endurance
• Introduction to flip turns

Skills to be Mastered in Order to Move to Level 4:

• Demonstrate competency (specifically proper breathing and timing) of Front Crawl, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Elementary Backstroke
• Swim Front Crawl and Backstroke 50 yards and Swim Breaststroke, Butterfly and Elementary Backstroke at least 25 yards
• Tread water at least 60 seconds

*LEVEL 4 COINCIDES WITH OUR BLUE DOLPHIN SWIM TEAM MINI-SQUAD GROUP*

Course: Parent and Child

This is a 30 minute class.

Purpose:
To familiarize young children (from ages 6 months to about 3 years) to the water and prepare them to learn to swim in the Preschool Learn-to-Swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to survive in the water on their own.

Prerequisites:

• No skill prerequisites.
• Child must be at least 6 months old to enroll.
• Parent or other caregiver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn to ask for permission before entering the water.
• Learn how to enter and exit the water in a safe manner.
• Feel comfortable in the water.
• Explore submerging to the mouth, nose and eyes completely.
• Explore buoyancy on the front and back position.
• Change body position in the water with support.
• Learn and become familiar with songs.